Friday, March 30, 2018

I’m
Robin Michaela and I’m thrilled to be one of the 12
authors in The Billionaire’s Club multi-author boxed set! The Billionaire’s Club is all about high
stakes, risk takers, and power-wielding billionaires. This set will take you on
a ride of romance, seduction, and games of wealth and fortune. Find out what
happens when these powerful men meet their match.

Part
of my book, Stealing the Billionaire’s
Heart, takes place in Venice. In one scene, Lyra and Nicolas take a dreamy
gondola ride to a romantic restaurant overlooking a tiny canal. While they’re
dining, their gondola gets caught up in a traffic jam of sorts, plugging the
canal entrance and forcing them to walk back to Nick’s palazzo.

When
my husband and I visited Venice a few years ago, I was fascinated with a small
corner of a canal off St. Mark’s Square. It was filled to overflowing with at
least a dozen gondolas (and a lot of noise!) as the gondoliers jockeyed for
prime positions to snag customers. That memory inspired Lyra and Nick’s
romantic evening. I hope you enjoy it!

Stealing the Billionaire’s Heart

Lyra Bretton is stunned when she’s
abandoned at the altar. Figuring the best way to get over one man is to get
under another one, she combs the luxurious Las Vegas resort where she was to be
married, intent on spending her almost-wedding night with the sexiest man she
can find.

Billionaire womanizer, Nicolas
Sebastian, is tempted by the beautiful bride’s shocking proposal. The
workaholic COO of the family hotel chain can’t deny his attraction to the woman
who should be weeping in her room instead of shredding her wedding gown in his
lounge. Their chemistry is explosive, but Nicolas has been burned before. He’ll
never commit his heart because he learned years ago that women are only
interested in his wallet.

Their Vegas fling soon turns into
something neither of them can control. But, when they travel to his lavish
property in Italy, money goes missing and expensive jewelry turns up in Lyra’s
possession, putting their fragile future in jeopardy. Unless they can find a
way to trust again, they risk losing each other forever.Heat Level: PG-17 to X (Steamy to erotic romance)

EXCERPT:

As
Nicolas stood in the shadows, Lyra shifted and caught sight of him. When she
did, she beamed and held out her hand. “Come here, Nick. You’re missing all the
fun.”

“What’s
up?”

“Well…I’m
hoping you will be, lover…and very soon.” She wet her lips and squeezed his
hand. “But I was referring to the Gondola Wars going on down there.” Gesturing
toward the canal, she raised her wine glass and saluted the gondoliers on the
canal below.

He
grinned and slid into his chair, then leaned over to look below. Two boats were
cruising the tiny canal, side-by-side. They’d apparently gotten stuck together
in the narrows, but that didn’t deter the gondoliers. Each was pushing and
prodding the other’s boat in an attempt to get free. Their passengers clung to
each other as the gondolas rocked in their wake. While Nicolas watched, their
own gondola got caught in the altercation. Their gondolier had untied his boat
and drifted away from the other vessels, but ended up being just wide enough to
snugly jam all three boats together, blocking the entrance to the canal.

“Looks
like we’re walking home,” Nicolas commented.

“I
hope not. I have no idea where we are. This city is like a maze.”

“No
worries, I know exactly where the palazzo
is.” He winked at her. “Stick with me, kid, I’ll get you places.”

Lyra
squinted at him. “Isn’t that an old joke? I don’t remember the setup, though.”

“What
did the stamp say to the envelope?”

Lyra
giggled. “Oh…stick with me…I get it.”

By
the time they finished their meal, she was grateful for the chance to walk off
some of their food. They were holding hands, strolling the dark cobblestone
streets, and stopping about every fifty feet to kiss.

“It’s
a good thing I don’t live here,” she told Nicolas. “I’d be on a permanent diet.
I adore pasta.”

“The
meal was superb,” he agreed, “but you wouldn’t need to diet if you lived in
Venice.”

“Why
not?”

He
stopped as they reached the crest of the small bridge they were crossing, then
cupped the back of her head and drew her into a leisurely kiss that had her
pulse thrumming. “Because I can think of plenty of ways to work it off. Say, by
chasing you around the bedroom every night.”

Robin Michaela writes heartfelt, small town contemporary romances
in all levels of heat, from sweet to steamy. Her stories combine family, pets,
hope and friendship – all the elements that bring her readers emotional and
enduring love stories.

By day, she’s a dental hygienist in
the Deep South. By night, Robin can be found crafting her next novel - often
while trying to type around The Cat On The Keyboard. She’s a runner and
chocolate lover (which explains why she runs) and happily married to her own
Handsome Prince.

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